Henry Alden CLARK

(1850-1944)

CLARK, Henry Alden, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Harborcreek Township,
Erie County, Pa., January 7, 1850; attended the common schools and
the Erie Academy in 1864, the State normal school, Edinboro, Pa.,
in 1865 and 1866, and Willoughby Collegiate Institute, Willoughby,
Ohio, in 1866 and 1867; taught school; was graduated from the Erie
Central High School in 1870, from Harvard University in 1874, and
from Harvard Law School in 1877; was admitted to the bar in Fall
River, Mass., in March 1878; subsequently associated with the
Edison electric light interests in New York; moved to Erie, Pa., in
1882, continuing with the Edison corporation until 1887; was
admitted to the Pennsylvania bar May 9, 1884; member of the common
council of Erie in 1888; bought and edited the Erie Gazette
1890-1892; chairman of the Republican city and county committees in
1890; city solicitor of Erie from July 11, 1896, until April 30,
1899; served in the State senate in 1911, 1913, and 1915; elected
as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1917-March 3,
1919); was not a candidate for renomination in 1918 to the
Sixty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of his profession; judge
of the orphans’ court for Erie County 1921-1931; died in
Erie, Pa., on February 15, 1944; interment in Erie Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present